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This is the day in which my Grandfather was born
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These are photos of my Grandfather being held by my Great Grand Mother Sara in June 1934.
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My Grandfather is here with his mom and dad as a small infant.
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Another great photo of my Grandfather with his Father
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My grandfather was always being held up as a child
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It was only a prelude to his success in sports
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This is my grandfather with his cousins. He is far center. It is probable that his sister was also with him in this photo.
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My Grandfather had grown alot! He spent a lot of time as a toddler with his mother and father.
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He was riding
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What a guy
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He loved to be outside
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He loved sports, and was a very strong athlete
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This was one of the sports that my grandfather succeeded at the most
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My grandfather excelled at school as well. It is funny though that his writing looks nice here, but as he got older and even today, it looks more like chicken scratch.
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This was a beautifully made card that was given to my great-grandmother. I was surprised at how nice it looked, given my grandfather's lack of artistic talent.
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Who knew my Grandfather was such a poet?
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At age 13, my grandfather studied and had a Barmitzvah, a Jewish rite of passage. Here is his speech, which is always written by those who take the rite of passage.
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Although this is not a sport that requires divine athletic ability, this was only one of the many sports my grandfather excelled at.
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My Grandfather is in the first row, far left. He was a good player
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Being a star athlete led to a choice further on, before he left for college.
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My Grandfather is #30, he was a guard. He was one of the top juniors.
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This was not his only game in which he had more than one touchdown
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My grandfather was incredible and was a key figure on his team.
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Always in the headlines, he was a star
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They even called my grand father "big Jim" At this point in my grandfather's life, he had already decided that he would attend law school, and pursue a professional life. Although his high school coach asked him if he wanted him to put in a good word for my Grandfather at Wisconsin, my Great-Grandparents insisted that my Grandfather live a professional life. He was inspired to pursue law as his favorite uncle Charlie was a successful lawyer throughout my Grandfather's child hood.
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Despite this being my grandfather's least favorite sport, he still was on varsity!
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Look at him go!!!
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He jumped the hurdles. When he got hurt his senior year, they sent trainers from Wisconsin to look at him.
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My Grandfather was on three varsity sports teams in high school.
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He was one of the returning lettermen on the team. He was hurdler primarily.
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James not only attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison for his undergraduate studies, but also attended law school here.
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I am not exactly sure what year my grandfather was in college at this point, but he was very interested in learning, and getting a good education.
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Some of his fondest memories, and best friends came from his time in Zeta Beta Tau
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My grandfather is in the second row, towards the right
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These were good times for my Grandfather
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This woman's name is Iris. They had been going steady, however my Grandfather wasn't in love with her. She was going to bring her parents down, in hope that James would propose to her and thus be engaged, however, my Grandfather ended things, as he did not love her. He was not a womanizer or "ladies man" but he was very popular with the girls at the University of Wisconsin.
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James would practice law for over 50 years. He just recently retired a few months ago.
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It's a good thing he married Beverly, as she is the best grandmother in the entire world!
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James was running for election as an assemblyman in the 19th Assembly District in Wisconsin. This letter was intended to show support and to provide the common goals they shared, as both my grandfather, and the late President Kennedy were democrats.
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He never served in the army, but he could have
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He never served, but it still tells something about the time in which he lived in.
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My Grandfather almost accounted 3,000 votes, which was stunning, at the time, for the area in which he was running.
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He had several newspaper ads. He ran a fairly good campaign, and did very well given that his district was almost all republican, and he was a democrat
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My Grandmother recently told me that she could not stand politics and was happy that my Grandfather had not been elected. She found the entire realm of politics to be overwhelming and extremely stressful.
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James was a successful lawyer for over 50 years
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He was very successful, and truly enjoyed his work!
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My Mom would only go on to work for my grandfather for 6 months as she would get married, and leave for Brookline, MA in 1990. To quote her, she says "it sucked," as she truly enjoyed working with my grandfather
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Michael Jordan in fact played in this pro-am. My Grandfather told me that when MJ was hitting some balls on the driving range, one of the pros told him "hey Michael, you're not getting enough air under the ball." My Grandfather and his professional partner tied for first place! His partner signed this plaque.
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This website goes intot detail about the specific categories my grandfather specialized in throughout his career as a lawyer. http://www.accidentattorneyeaton.com/about-us/
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My Grandfather returned to his Alma Mater, the University of Wisconsin, for his fraternity's reunion in 1997. He was a member of the Zeta Beta Taus, or ZBTs, and this is a photo of him with his brothers.
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It is interesting to note that my great-grandfather got a letter from President Reagan, congratulating him on turning 80 years old
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I am my Grandfather's 6th grand child out of seven. This is us together on my last visit to Dayton, Ohio for Thanksgiving
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He was very successful as a lawyer in Ohio
